fwo_934789 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 1/2 Franken 1808 Paris
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Type : 1/2 Franken
Date: 1808
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,45 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON.
Obverse description : Effigie laurée à droite ; signé Tiolier à l'exergue.
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOENIG V. WESTPH. FR. PR./ 1808 J // 1/2 / FRANK..
Reverse description : légende circulaire ; dans une couronne.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON
(8/12/1807-26/12/1813)
Jérôme, Napoleon's younger brother, was born on November 15, 1784. The kingdom of Westphalia was tailor-made for him with the remains of Hanover, Brunswick and Hesse-Cassel. On August 22, 1807, Jérôme married Catherine of Württemberg then was named King of Westphalia on December 8, 1807. In 1813, after Leipzig, Jérôme had to abandon his States, which were dismembered. After the Battle of Waterloo, he lived in exile until 1848. Under the Second Empire, Marshal of France, he was President of the Senate and Governor of the Invalides before dying in 1860.
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